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[RC] Nutritional deficiencies? - Budler,Cindy - AfroxJust a question for the vets and nutrition experts out there. Just recently I have personally become aware of many riders and friends who have either lost or lost the use of horses that they bought as foals from "bone " problems. For example sidebone, djd, broken bones , etc. In all cases these were horses bought as youngsters- 3 to 4 year olds from breeders, horses in good condition, never been worked hard, in most cases not even backed. All of these horses either broke legs after beginning light work or have had intermittent lameness when the work load has been increased. When x-rayed they show sidebone and chips in fetlock(on sesamoid) . this is becoming a very worrying "trend" to me and I am thinking twice about buying youngsters without x-raying all legs and feet first. But , could this be a nutritional deficiency as babies? They do not come from the same breeder , or same areas or even same bloodlines so can't find anything common in that. They do not come from "Show" breeders as such so are not stable bound , all have had turnout and what we considered a good natural young life. Is this calcium deficiency, or too much protein or the wrong balance of rations ? Regards, Cindy Budler Afrox I P Marketing Germiston Gauteng Ph : 011 876 1179 Cell : 082 464 1809 Fax : 011 873 5902 E Mail : cindy.budler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx This e-mail message and all attachments contain the CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY information of The Afrox Group and may contain LEGALLY PRIVILEGED information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, or use of this e-mail, its attachments or any information contained therein is unauthorised and prohibited. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete this e-mail and any attachments. _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the WorldCom Internet Managed Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.worldcom.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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